It seems to happen whenever I watch a video, flash, etc. The latest
episode was after watching something in mplayer plugin.

The mouse wheel used to scroll up/down within Firefox. Now it makes
fonts smaller/larger.

Any idea what's up or how to correct this?

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Franz Fripplfrappl

08-01-2008, 02:27 PM

unix

Re: mplayer, firefox, mouse

franz fripplfrappl wrote:[color=blue]
> Recently I have noticed that my mouse wheel (also the middle click
> button) loses functionality within Firefox 3.
>
> It seems to happen whenever I watch a video, flash, etc. The latest
> episode was after watching something in mplayer plugin.
>
> The mouse wheel used to scroll up/down within Firefox. Now it makes
> fonts smaller/larger.
>
> Any idea what's up or how to correct this?[/color]

That is normal behavior -- if -- the <Ctrl> key is pressed.

Something holding it down? Stuck contacts perhaps?

Did you change the scroll behavior?

Look in Firefox's configurations using the URL "about:config" and set
the filter for "mouse" and see if something is changed. Items in
boldface are usually indicative of a change from "factory defaults."

It could be a system preferences setting, but you didn't specify your
Desktop Environment (GNOME, KDE, ...), nor your distro (Ubuntu, Kubuntu,
....) nor the release version (6.06, 7.04, 8.04, ...). Way too many
various combinations to make a wild guess on where the system
preferences may be located, or even what they are called. Remember to be
very specific when you want help.

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John

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08-02-2008, 12:00 AM

unix

Re: mplayer, firefox, mouse

* franz fripplfrappl wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:[color=blue]
> Recently I have noticed that my mouse wheel (also the middle click
> button) loses functionality within Firefox 3.[/color]
[color=blue]
> It seems to happen whenever I watch a video, flash, etc. The latest
> episode was after watching something in mplayer plugin.[/color]
[color=blue]
> The mouse wheel used to scroll up/down within Firefox. Now it makes
> fonts smaller/larger.[/color]
[color=blue]
> Any idea what's up or how to correct this?[/color]

That behavior is typically triggered by holding down the CTL key while
scrolling. Do you have Assistive Technologies enabled in
System/Preferences?

On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:26 +0000, SINNER wrote:
[color=blue]
> * franz fripplfrappl wrote in alt.os.linux.ubuntu:[color=green]
>> Recently I have noticed that my mouse wheel (also the middle click
>> button) loses functionality within Firefox 3.[/color]
>[color=green]
>> It seems to happen whenever I watch a video, flash, etc. The latest
>> episode was after watching something in mplayer plugin.[/color]
>[color=green]
>> The mouse wheel used to scroll up/down within Firefox. Now it makes
>> fonts smaller/larger.[/color]
>[color=green]
>> Any idea what's up or how to correct this?[/color]
>
> That behavior is typically triggered by holding down the CTL key while
> scrolling. Do you have Assistive Technologies enabled in
> System/Preferences?[/color]

I know about the ctrl key, but this is not the case. If I close down
Firefox for a few minutes and restart, the problem goes away.

I do not have "Assistive Technologies" in the System/Pref menu!

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Franz Fripplfrappl

08-02-2008, 01:55 AM

unix

Re: mplayer, firefox, mouse

On Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:04:52 +0000, franz fripplfrappl wrote:
[color=blue]
> Recently I have noticed that my mouse wheel (also the middle click
> button) loses functionality within Firefox 3.
>
> It seems to happen whenever I watch a video, flash, etc. The latest
> episode was after watching something in mplayer plugin.
>
> The mouse wheel used to scroll up/down within Firefox. Now it makes
> fonts smaller/larger.
>
> Any idea what's up or how to correct this?[/color]

There is definitely a connection between Flashplayer 9 plugin for Firefox
and the disabling of the mousewheel or causing it to be something else.